Jack D. Kuehler, Former I.B.M. President, Dies at 76
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008Mr. Kuehler guided the company while it dominated the world’s computing landscape in the 1980s.
Archive for December, 2008
Mr. Kuehler guided the company while it dominated the world’s computing landscape in the 1980s.
China Plans to License 3 Wireless Standards
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008The move opens the way for cellphone users in China to have faster downloads of video, data and Web-browsing services, and for companies to charge more for their high-speed services.
‘08: Our Date With Disaster
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008When did 2008 begin? Was it Oct. 14, when the federal government spent the first dollar of taxpayer money to buy into private banks, effectively changing the principles of the U.S. economy? Was it Sept. 21, when Treasury secretary Hank M. Paulson Jr. gave Congress a three-page plea for $700 ...
Online Tools to Help You Get Organized in the New Year
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008Getting organized for the new year is a cliched resolution that so many of us abandon by mid-January. It's tough to tackle (much less successfully emerge from) a heaping mess with vigor. But if you fear an avalanche of teetering files or can't remember where the car keys are for ...
States Passing Laws to Combat Cyber-Bullying
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008LOS ANGELES -- In California, a hateful Internet campaign followed sixth-grader Olivia Gardner through three schools. In Vermont, a humiliated Ryan Halligan, 13, took his own life after being encouraged to do so by one of his middle-school peers. And in perhaps the most notorious case, Lori Drew,...
In 2008, More Computers Leapt From Desktops to Pockets
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008It was a good year for computers -- if you don't think of computers as simply a combination of monitor, keyboard, hard drive, CD/DVD burner, and some version of Windows or Mac OS X.
Software-Counterfeiting Gang’s Leaders Are Sentenced in China
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31 -- The alleged ringleaders of a Chinese counterfeiting gang that sold at least $2 billion worth of bogus Microsoft software were sentenced Wednesday to prison terms of up to 6 1/2 years, in what is believed to be the harshest penalties yet under China's tightened piracy ...
The business leader 2009: Chief Meaning Officer
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008"The job of leadership today is not just to make money. It's to make meaning," writes management consultant John Hagel. Out: Bottom-line-pragmatists and financial wizards. In: philosophers and ethicists.
IBM in sales alliance with Japan’s Ricoh: paper (Reuters)
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008Reuters - IBM and Japanese office equipment maker Ricoh Co Ltd (7752.T) will start sharing each other's sales network this year and promote their servers and printers together, the Nikkei business daily said on Thursday.
Y2K+9? Microsoft: Zune Glitch May Fix Itself
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of 30 GB media players malfunction en masse.
Zune freeze blamed on leap year glitch
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008A leap-year related glitch caused thousands of Zune MP3 players to simultaneously stop working late Tuesday and early Wednesday, Microsoft said on the product's Web site. The problem should resolve itself after 7 a.m. ET Thursday, the company said.
With Gaza Conflict, Cyberattacks Come Too (PC World)
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008PC World - The conflict raging in Gaza between Israel and Palestine has spilled over to the Internet.